The Catch-Up: December 12th, 2013 – LEGO The Last of Us Gameplay Video; Naughty Dog Doesn’t Like Monetization

December 12, 2013
Written by Jason Dunning

Watching the video makes me want to play The Last of Us again…

General News

Amidst the whole YouTube monetization thing that’s going on right now, the majority of companies are saying they’re okay with it. Naughty Dog on the other hand said, “In general terms we don’t like monetization w/ our content, but haven’t created official policy yet.” [Twitter]

Shahid Ahmad “just sent the most important email of the year relating to #jrpgvita – “nervous” is an understatement. We’ve done the prep. Let’s see.” Yes, let’s see indeed. [Twitter]

We can’t say it’s 100% confirmed, but Terminal Reality (BloodRayne, Ghostsbusters: The Video Game) appears to have closed down. A former employee wrote on Facebook that “TRI seems to have finally shut down,” and there’s been no contact with the studio since this news surfaced, or any activity on their Facebook or Twitter accounts recently. [Source]

FuturLab has now been able to put Velocity 2X fully playable on the PS4. [Twitter]

Available for iOS and Android devices in the United States, LootTheWorld is a free Borderlands 2 mobile app that allows you to scan bar codes and QR codes to get in-game items. [More Info]

OlliOlli has passed FQA in North America and Europe, and Roll7 will announce release date details very early next year. [Twitter 1, 2]

New Videos

As Geoff Keighley revealed, this was supposed to be shown at VGX, but wasn’t quite ready yet. So we now present to you LEGO The Last of Us (which is completely unofficial):